Resources:
General baking resources:
Baking blogs and forums are an essential resource for baking. They provide pictures, recipes, and videos of baking to further understand the art of baking. There are thousands available just make sure when using them you question their validity, as some are more trustworthy than others. Some good blogs include:
Bakerella
Sprinkles Bakes
Lovin in the Oven
Joy the Baker
Brown Eyed Baker
Bakerella
Sprinkles Bakes
Lovin in the Oven
Joy the Baker
Brown Eyed Baker
Old family recipes are a great resource for baking. They often aren’t as easy to get your hands on. As many people are often not willing to share family recipes. Networking is a surprisingly important task for baking. Every recipe is very different, even for the same dish, so understanding older recipes can be essential to improving newer recipes.
Online cooking websites are a great resource they provide recipes and often have advice as well. They often include videos and pictures explaining step by step how to make a specific item. Visual learning is essential to baking.These websites attempt to make the recipes understandable and easy for the general public to mimic. Some famous ones include but are not limited to:
Food Network
Martha Stewart
Cooking Channel TV
Food Network
Martha Stewart
Cooking Channel TV
Cookbooks are great resources for baking. There are endless recipes to try for the same type of baked good. They are available online as well as in print. Be careful because the level of the cookbook can vary. Baking cookbooks come in many levels from “mommy and me” cookbooks for children, to books for adults who have never baked, to books for professional bakers.
Cookbooks for sale
Cookbooks for sale
Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) is a great resource. It is a culinary school that provides classes to people who are not interested in culinary school but would like to learn more about the fine art of cooking and baking. There are many culinary schools such as this one to take classes at. The classes can be very pricey though.
New York City Bakeries:
Timeout New York provides a list of what they consider to be the top New York City Bakeries.
Timeout Bakeries
Timeout Bakeries
Zagat ratings can also be very helpful in finding the best New York City Bakeries.
Baking Supplies:
Wilton baking company is a great resource for obtaining the necessary baking supplies.
New York Cake & Baking Supplies is a huge baking store that has all the necessary supplies for baking...and then some!
Baking Techniques:
Many more videos like these can be found on a variety of baking techniques. As I focus on more specific recipes I will post more applicable techniques.